| increased prevalence of cysticercosis and taeniasis among professional fried pork vendors and the general population of a village in the peruvian highlands. cysticercosis working group in peru. | two different populations in saylla, a peruvian village near cusco, known for chicharrones, a local pork dish, were surveyed by serology and stool examination to determine the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of taenia solium infection. group i (n=43), the chicharroneros, were members of families professionally devoted to the making and selling of chicharrones, and group ii (n=102) was a sample of the general population of the same village. unlike people in group i, general villagers ... | 1998 | 9886197 |